Offshore engineering

Technip Energies, a leader of a consortium with GE Vernova and Balfour Beatty, has received a Letter of Intent from BP, on behalf of NZT Power Limited, for the execution phase of the Net Zero Teesside Power (NZT Power) project in the United Kingdom. The landmark project is poised to become one of the world’s…

Ørsted has installed and powered up all 12 turbines at the landmark South Fork project, and the first utility-scale U.S. offshore wind farm has started delivering power to Long Island and the Rockaways, offshore New York. The commissioning of the wind farm is in its final stage, and when at full capacity of 130 MW,…

Australia’s top oil and gas company Woodside Energy has awarded a contract to Subsea 7 for subsea installation services for the Trion development offshore Mexico. Subsea 7 described the contract as large, which means its value ranges between $300 million and $500 million. The scope of contract for Subsea 7 includes engineering, construction, and installation…

Mar 14, 2024 Rendering of F&G’s BargeRack solution in action (Credit: F&G) Rendering of F&G’s BargeRack solution in action (Credit: F&G) Rendering of F&G’s BargeRack solution in action (Credit: F&G) Naval architecture and engineering firm Friede & Goldman (F&G) has secured an approval in principle (AiP) from DNV’s Noble Denton Marine Warranty Survey (MWS) for…

Using Baker Hughes’ emissions abatement technology, BP has started quantifying methane emissions from its flares in a new application for the upstream oil and gas sector. With no universally accepted solution to quantifying methane emissions from flares, BP and Baker Hughes conducted one of the largest ever full-scale studies of flare combustion. The study included…

Mar 14, 2024 (Credit: Wind Catching Systems) Norwegian offshore energy industry services company Axess Technologies has won a concept engineering study contract with Wind Catching Systems (WCS), a developer of floating offshore wind technology. The scope of work entails an advanced handling system capable of replacing turbine blades and entire turbines, while also serving as…

Mar 14, 2024 DEME’s Orion vessel on Moray West job (Credit: DEME) Belgium-based offshore installation services company DEME has awarded Kenc Engineering multiple engineering and fabrication contracts for offshore wind projects. For KENC Engineering, a company based in the Netherlands, the contracts involve a broad scope of work that will encompass engineering and fabrication of…

Mar 13, 2024 Vestas V236-15.0 MW offshore wind turbines will be installed at Empire Wind 1 project (Credit: Vestas) Equinor has received an approval from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) to connect the Empire Wind 1 offshore wind project directly into the New York City’s transmission system.  Approved on March 1, the Large Generator…

Italian energy industry engineering and construction firm Saipem has loaded out the first three topsides for QatarEnergy LNG’s North Field Production Sustainability (NFPS) gas project, located offshore the north-east coast of Qatar. The three topsides, including one wellhead production and two riser platforms, were loaded out from Saipem’s Karimun fabrication yard in Indonesia. The modules…

Danish renewable energy developer Ørsted has secured first offer rights to procure greener heavy-plate steel for offshore wind foundations from Dillinger, the largest heavy steel plate producer in Europe. Through the memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by the parties, Ørsted will get first access to Dillinger’ss lower-emissions steel, subject to availability and commercial terms and…